Plant Protect. Sci., 2015, 51(3):155-161 | DOI: 10.17221/101/2014-PPS

Insecticidal activities of extracts of three lichen species on Sitophilus granarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)Original Paper

Bugrahan EMSEN1, Erol YILDIRIM2, Ali ASLAN3
1 Department of Biology, Kamil Özdağ
Faculty of Science, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkey
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
3 Department of Biology Education, Kazim Karabekir Faculty of Education, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

Four different concentrations of extracts obtained from three lichen species (Lecanora muralis (Schreb.) Rabenh., Letharia vulpina (L.) Hue, and Peltigera rufescens (Weiss) Humb) were tested against adults of Sitophilus granarius (L.) in Petri dishes. After treatments, mortalities of the adults were determined after 24, 48, and 96 h. Expectedly, higher concentration and longer exposure time resulted in higher S. granarius mortality. Mortalities 96 h after treatments with the highest concentration (20 mg/ml) of extracts of L. vulpina, P. rufescens, and L. muralis were determined as 100, 100, and 86.86%, respectively. However, there were no dead insects in the control group. Values of LC50 after 96 h for L. muralis, L. vulpina, and P. rufescens extracts were 0.666, 0.505, and 0.328 mg/ml, respectively.

Keywords: granary weevil; insecticidal effect; lichen extract

Published: September 30, 2015  Show citation

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EMSEN B, YILDIRIM E, ASLAN A. Insecticidal activities of extracts of three lichen species on Sitophilus granarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Plant Protect. Sci. 2015;51(3):155-161. doi: 10.17221/101/2014-PPS.
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